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Novel Use of a Remote Laboratory for Active Learning in Class
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Ramírez, Darinka; Ramírez, María Soledad; Marrero, Thomas R. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2016
This study aims to describe a novel teaching mode that allows for direct instructor-student and student-student discussions of material balance concepts by means of active learning. The instructor explains the concepts during class time while using a remotely controlled laboratory system that is projected on a screen with real-time access to the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Science Experiments, Virtual Classrooms, Online Systems
Using First-Person Perspective Filming Techniques for a Chemistry Laboratory Demonstration to Facilitate a Flipped Pre-Lab
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Fung, Fun Man – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
The current model of flipped classroom ensures that learning is not being restricted to the brick and mortar setting. Lessons can be conducted anywhere, anytime, as long as there is a good internet connection. Most of the flipped classroom and e-lectures are videos recording PowerPoint slides with a human voice as the audio instruction. In…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Blended Learning, Science Instruction
The Eratosthenes Space Project
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Artigas, A.; Costa, A.; Eyraud, C. H.; Perez-Verde, A.; Ros, R. M. – Physics Education, 2011
The European Association for Astronomy Education (EAAE), in collaboration with the Bibliotheca Alexandrina of Egypt and the participation of schools from all around the world, performed the Eratosthenes experiment on 21 June 2010. This activity has been selected as one of the finalists in the 11th international prize organized by Ciencia en…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Scientific Methodology, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Contributions to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability. Volume 33
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Goncalves, Fernando J., Ed.; Pereira, Ruth, Ed.; Leal Filho, Walter, Ed.; Miranda Azeiteiro, Ulisses, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
This book presents essential learning approaches. It introduces educational and training activities, as well as various innovative methods aiming at the development of practical skills, in order to strengthen the continuous process of environmental education, and in particular the education for sustainable development (ESD). In doing so, it…
Descriptors: Field Instruction, Animals, Higher Education, Science Education